Gunman, 2 policemen killed in 3rd attack in Ninewa Sat.
[Aswat al-Iraq] A gunman and two policemen were killed in an attack south of Mosul, the third of its kind in Ninewa province on Saturday, according to a local police source.
"Gunmen clashed today (Aug. 28) with policemen in a checkpoint near the railway line linking Baghdad to Mosul in the village of al-Djawaana, al-Qiyara district, (60 km) south of Mosul, leaving a gunman and two policemen killed and another policeman wounded," the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
"The bodies were removed to a morgue in the city," he said.
The source added that policemen, after clashes ended, conducted a search raid in the area and arrested five persons believed to have been involved in the attack.
Posted by: Fred 2010-08-29 |